Splash!
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Host
Co-hosts
Mentor: Tom Daley
Judges: Andy Banks, Jo Brand, Leon Taylor
Commentator: Alan March
Broadcast
Twofour for ITV, 5 January 2013 to 15 February 2014 (12 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
Across three heats, celebrities learn to dive with Tom Daley, the Olympic medallist and treble Young Sports Personality of the Year. A combination of votes from the judges - Plymouth City diving coach Andy Banks, comedian Jo Brand, and Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor - and the viewing public at home decides who progresses to the next stage.
Participants
2013
Heat 1
- Jake Canuso (from Benidorm)
- Omid Djalili (comedian)
- Jade Ewen (singer at Eurovision Song Contest)
- Jenni Falconer (telly presenter)
- Helen Lederer (comedian)
Heat 2
- Caprice (model)
- Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards (ski-jumper)
- Joey Essex (from The Only Way is Essex)
- Diarmuid Gavin (television gardener)
- Charlotte Jackson (sports presenter)
Heat 3
- Donna Air (from Byker Grove)
- Linda Barker (interior designer)
- Dom Joly (comedian)
- Tina Malone (from Shameless)
- Anthony Ogogo (boxer)
Jennifer Metcalfe (from Hollyoaks) had originally been announced for this heat, but withdrew for personal reasons.
Later stages
The semi-final was contested by heat winners Omid Djalili, Eddie Edwards, Anthony Ogogo; and by splash-off winners Jake Canuso, Charlotte Jackson, Linda Barker.
Anthony was unable to dive in the semi-final after sustaining an injury: Linda and Eddie progressed to the final, with splash-off winner Jake.
2014
Heat 1
- Michaela Strachan (TV presenter)
- Perri Kiely (from dance troupe Diversity)
- Gemma Collins (from The Only Way is Essex)
- Ricky Groves (from Eastenders)
- Gemma Merna (from Hollyoaks)
Heat 2
- Keith Duffy (from Boyzone)
- Anna Williamson (from Toonattik)
- Paul Ross (breakfast radio host)
- Martin Offiah (rugby player)
- Toyah Willcox (punk rocker)
Heat 3
- Penny Mordaunt (Conservative MP)
- Paul Young (pop singer)
- Danielle Lloyd (model)
- Patrick Monahan (reigning Show Me the Funny champion)
- Dan Osbourne (from The Only Way is Essex)
Heat 4
- Austin Healey (The Fuse host)
- Jenny Eclair (comedian)
- Pollyanna Woodward (from The Gadget Show)
- Una Foden (from The Saturdays)
- Richard Whitehead (athlete)
Later stages
Through to the semi-final were heat winners Perri Kiely, Keith Duffy, Dan Osbourne, and Richard Whitehead; and splash-off winners Michaela Strachan, Anna Williamson, Danielle Lloyd, and Austin Healey. Healey was unable to dive in his semi-final after being injured in rehearsals.
The final was contested by Kiely, Duffy, Whitehead, and Osbourne.
Champions
2013: Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards
2014: Perri Kiely
Inventor
A local version of the Eyeworks format Sterren Springen (Celebrity Splash), first broadcast in the Netherlands.
Trivia
Further local versions have been commissioned in the United States, France, and Australia.
The show was a live outside broadcast from Inspire Luton.
Web links
See also
The Games - Channel 4's celebrity sports competition, which featured diving as one of its events.
